Home Buyers
Tips Archive

Read our collection of Home Buyer Tips compiled from many real estate books on sale in our bookstore all to help you buy a home hassle & worry free.

Choose from the following categories:

BUYING CONSIDERATIONS

Why Are You Buying?
Some Buying Considerations
Location, Location, Location
Being Indecisive
Understanding What You See
Homework for Homebuyers
The Older Home
Considering Storage
Fix It / Patch It / Paint It
MOVING .. Friends and Acquaintances
MOVING - Your ‘Last Box’

AGENTS

Locating a Good Agent
Ethics & the Agent

PRICE, NEGOTIATION & COSTS

Cutting The Price
Encounters with Owners
Questions Most Asked - Assessment
Buyer's Market Versus Seller's Market
Condominiums - The Balance Sheet
More Than The Asking Price
What’s FHA Insurance For?
Junk Fees
Mistake No. 79   We fell in love with the house...
So What Are Points?

INSPECTIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

Professional Home Inspection - Before or After Your Offer?
Home Inspection - The Most Commonly Asked Homebuyer Q & A
The Model Trap and Other Sales Sins of Builders
Pay Extra Attention to the Quality of Construction of Condominiums
Why you should NOT build a house yourself
Home Design - The Inspiration
Discover the History of Your House
The Inside Language of RE Negotiation - Warranties
Diddler on the Roof
House Positioning
Cellars

LEGAL AND THE TRANSACTION

What Your Lawyer Does for All That Money
A New Municipal Law - Fees Add Weeks to Certificate Process
The Alluring World of Standardization
What Is Insurance Escrow?
What Is A “Closing”?
Using Escape Clauses For Protection
How Do I Find A Real Estate Attorney...?
The Paper Trail